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TODAY'S DATE REFERS). STATEMENTS MADE AT MEETING SUMARISED BELOW MAY BE HELPFUL IN PREPARING POSITION PAPERS FOR GENEVA
CONFERENCE.
2. AUSTRALIA: ANNUAL EOTA RUNNING FROM JULY TO JUNE EACH YEAR. 1978/79 QUOTA FULFILLED AT 10,500 (OF WHICH 2,000 FROM THAILAND). SIMILAR QUOTA ENVISAGED FORK COUOXIP THOUGH NO COUNTRY APPORTIONMENT YET DECIDED. PRINCIPALLY INTERESTED IN FAMILY REUNIFICATION CASES (20,000 INDOCHINESE ALREADY SETTLED IN AUSTRALIA).
3, CANADA: PUOGRAMME ON CALENDAR..YEAR OF 12,000 - APPROX 9,200 FROM INDOCHINA. TARGET 1979 OF 2,500 FROM THAILAND MAY BE INCREASED TO 3,500. REFUGEES TAKEN BOTH ON NATIONAL QUOTA, AND SPONSORED BY INDIVIDUALS IN CANADA,
4. FRANCE: 55,000 INDOCHINESE REFUGEES TAKEN SINCE 1975 OF WHICH 40,000 FROM THAILAND (20.30 LAO, 15,000 CAMBODIAN AND 5,000 VIETNAMESE) 5,000 ADDITIONAL TO REGULAR PROGRAMME SELECTED THIS YEAR, AND CITY OF PARIS WILL SPONSOR 1,500 OUTSIDE REGULAR PROGRAMME. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE IN GREATEST DANGER
OF REPATRIATION,
5. USA: 130,000 INDOCHINESE REFUGEES TAKEN, (50,000 FROM THAILAND) SINCE 1975, 10,003 IN THAILAND ALREADY SELECTED WILL SHORTLY BE MOVED OUT. US PRIVATE SPONSORED PROGRAMME MADE BIGGER PROGRESS IN SELECTING REFUGEES BUT SLOWEST IN MOVING THEM - HOPE TO IMPROVE THIS. OF NEW 14,000 PER MONTH PROGRAMME,' 5,000 PER MONTH WILL BE TAKEN FROM THAILAND. INTEND TO CONCENTRATE ATTENTION ON NEW CAMBODIAN REFUGEES IN DANGER OF REPATRIATION.
6. NETHERLANDS: CONCENTRATED MAINLY ON FINANCE RATHER THAN PLACES: 780 REFUGEES TAKEN SO FAR, 1,000 ADDITIONAL WILL BE TAKEN, (COULD BE INCREASED).
7. SNITZERLAND1650 TAKEN, WILL INCREASE TO 2,000. DELEGATION IN THAILAND THIS WEEK TO CHOOSE 600. SWISS RADIO APPEAL FOR FUN K RAISED 5 MILLION SWISS VPANCS IN ONE DAY.
8. ISRAEL: 200 TAKEN APPEAL MADE TO 59 OTHER COUNTRIES TO
ESTABLISH FIXED QUOTA.
9. JAPAN ASSISTANCE MAINLY FINANCIAL. TOKEN PLEDGE TO ACCEPT 50 REFUGEES FROM WHOLE OF INDO-CHINA (NOT TIME~BOUND) MAY INCREASE CUOTA AFTER EXPERIENCE GAINED.